A new intertype recombinant between genotypes C and D of hepatitis B virus identified in China

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 985-990

  Wang, Zhanhui ^a,b   Liu, Zhihua ^b   Zeng, Guobing ^b   Wen, Shujuan ^b   Qi, Yipeng ^a   Ma, Shiwu ^b   Naoumov, Nikolai V ^c   Hou, Jinlin ^b,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENBANK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

CHINA; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 16844364045     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80771-0     Document Type: Article

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